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Final Exam Review (Fall 16)
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Introduction
Fourfold Historical Division
Meta-Ethics
Normative Ethics
Etymological Definition of Philosophy
Traditional Political Interpretations of Justice
State of Nature What is it & What typ

Rachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia
Guiding questions (write out answers to these, print them out, and bring them to class with you on June 2 nd)
1. What, at the time this article was written, was the position of the American Medical Association (AMA)

Begging the Claim: The conclusion that the writer should prove is validated within the claim.
Hasty Generalization: This is a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence. In other
words, you are rushing to a conclusion before you have all the rele

April Willochell-DiSanza
Business Ethics II
Code of Ethics
Code of Business Conduct
Complying with the code and the law
Each employee working at Kynana Corporation will understand the code. You as an
employee will comply with the code and the law whether

April Willochell-DiSanza
Business Ethics II
Code of Ethics Explanation- Kynana Corporations
Complying with the code and the law
I think that it is very important that every employee understands the code of conduct
that way if there are any misunderstandin

Describe and explain a situation that raised ethical issues for you because you
1.
were personally involved, or
2.
witnessed the case, or
3.
were personally concerned about the issue you heard about, read about, or saw on TV (or
elsewhere).
Please note th

April Willochell-DiSanza
Business Ethics II
Enron and Ethics
Ethical issues have greatly transformed in our lives since the great Enron, Xerox and
other huge corporations proposed big profits showing earnings of billions of dollars and yet in
reality faci

April Willochell-DiSanza
Business Ethics II
Business Ethics
The term 'business ethics' is used in a lot of different ways, and the history of
business ethics will vary depending on how one conceives of the object under discussion.
The history will also va

Chapter 3
Desire Satisfaction Theory
- your life goes well to the degree that you get what you want
First Advantage
- variety of good lives
Personal Authority - we have control
Problem
- denying there is a universal standard for what our desires should be

Chapter 5
Religion seeks to give guidance to its followers
Assumptions of Morality from Religion
- Religious belief is necessary if we are to behave morally
- morality must have a creator - and god is the best candidate
- religion is an essential source o

Quiz 4
1. Consequentialism is:
a. a family of ethical theories that includes utilitarianism
b. one version of act utilitarianism
c. inconsistent with utilitarianism
d. none of the above
2. The principle of utility can be summarized as
a. do unto others as

Quiz 3
1. Psychological egoism is the theory that everything people do is fundamentally motivated
by self-interest.
True
False
2. The story of the Ring of Gyges suggests that when people are free to do whatever they want
without consequences, they tend to

Chapter 12
Autonomy and respect
- who should be included in the moral community
Utilitarianism (henceforth UT) on Slavery
- for the most part - lowers worlds net balance of well-being - but can also depend of the
slave treatment, work, etc
- Principle of

Chapter 10
things that contribute to well-being - pluralistic account
- to apply autonomy and happiness are the only things that contribute to well-being
Argument from Value Measurement
- 1. Utilitarianism is true only if there is a precise unit of measur

Chapter 11
Immanuel Kant - 1724 - 1804
- concerned with fairness and justice
- direct opposition to Utilitarianism
What if everyone did that?
How would you like it if someone did that to you
- Golden rule
- problem - makes morality depend on our desires
-

Chapter 9
Consequentialism
- results
- view that normative properties depend on consequences
- an action is morally required just because it produces the right result
- optimific - yields the greatest balance of benefits over any drawbacks
- capital punis

Liberality or generosity
Book IV
Let us speak next of liberality. It seems to be the mean with regard to wealth: for the liberal man is
praised not in respect of military matters, nor of those in respect of which the temrate man is praised. nor
of judicia